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Academy Sports + Outdoors Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2025 Results
Fourth Quarter Sales Growth of 2.5%; Full Year Growth of 2.0% Fourth Quarter Comparable Sales Declined 1.6%; Full Year Declined 1.5% Fourth Quarter Diluted
About this update from Academy Sports And Outdoors, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"Fourth Quarter Sales Growth of 2.5%; Full Year Growth of 2.0% Fourth Quarter Comparable Sales Declined 1.6%; Full Year Declined 1.5% Fourth Quarter Diluted GAAP EPS of $1.98; up 4.8% Opened 24 new stores in 2025; Plans to Open an Additional 20 - 25 stores in 2026 Increased Quarterly Dividend by 15% Per Share; Fourth Year of Sequential Growth Releases 2026 Full Year Guidance; Expects Annual Sales Growth of 2% - 5% KATY, Texas, March 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASO) (\"Academy\" or the \"Company\") today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 31, 2026. \"This past year marked an inflection point for Academy as we continued to gain market share and moved back to topline growth. During 2025, we put in place many foundational building blocks that helped drive sales and will continue to pay dividends in 2026 and beyond,\" said Steve Lawrence, Chief Executive Officer. \"We are accelerating the digital transformation of our business and building an omni-channel experience that will deepen engagement with our customers through data-driven personalization. While we believe many of the macro-economic pressures that the customer faced in the back half of the year will continue into 2026, we are optimistic the strategies we have in place should enable us to return to consistent comp sales growth.\" Fourth Quarter Operating Results($ in millions, except per share data)Thirteen Weeks EndedChangeJanuary 31, 2026February 1, 2025%Net sales$1,718.5 $1,676.9 2.5 %Comparable sales(1.6)%(3.0)% Income before income tax$164.2 $165.3 (0.7)%Net income$133.7 $133.6 0.1 %Adjusted net income(1)$132.9 $138.8 (4.3)%Earnings per common share, diluted$1.98 $1.89 4.8 %Adjusted earnings per common share, diluted(1)$1.97 $1.96 0.5 % (1) Adjusted net income and Adjusted earnings per common share, diluted are non-GAAP measures. See \"Non-GAAP Measures\" and \"Reconciliations of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures\" below for reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Fiscal 2025 Operating Results($ in millions, except per share data)Fifty-Two Weeks EndedChangeJanuary 31, 2026February 1, 2025%Net sales$6,053.4 $5,933.4 2.0 %Comparable sales(1.5)%(5.1)% Income before income tax$486.1 $538.2 (9.7)%Net income$376.8 $418...